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thank you, surae. >>> in president obama's first news conference since winning reelection last week, he ended up calling republican criticisms of u.n. ambassador susan rice outrageous. the president called out republican senators lindsay graham and john mccain for their comments saying they would block the u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice if she is nominated for secretary of state. >> if senator mccain or senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> summer mccain will do whatever it takes to block the nomination. >>> the president also spoke about the fiscal cliff in his news conference. >> jessica doyle is back and this your money report, the latest on the negotiations and high stakes that families will face if we fall off this cliff. >> president obama said he is willing to work
thank you, surae. >>> in president obama's first news conference since winning reelection last week, he ended up calling republican criticisms of u.n. ambassador susan rice outrageous. the president called out republican senators lindsay graham and john mccain for their comments saying they would block the u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice if she is nominated for secretary of state. >> if senator mccain or senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they...
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thanks, charlie. >> norah? >> also at his news conference president obama talked about the camethat led david pet president to resign as cia director. he called it just one episode in an extraordinary career. >> he did not meet the standards that he felt were necessary as director of cia with respect to this personal matter that he's now dealing with his family and with his wife. >> meanwhile there's a new focus on jill kelley the socialite housewife who sparked the gage and her ties to florida's mcdill air force base. boj is following that story in tampa. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. jill kelley was known for lavish parties at her home when she hosted tampa's elite including top military leaders. now she's holed up inside, within one week the life she spent more than a decade cultivating is slipping away. jill kelley and her husband scott who was seen last night outside their home for the first time since the scandal broke were at the top of tampa's social scene and jill worked hard to get them the
thanks, charlie. >> norah? >> also at his news conference president obama talked about the camethat led david pet president to resign as cia director. he called it just one episode in an extraordinary career. >> he did not meet the standards that he felt were necessary as director of cia with respect to this personal matter that he's now dealing with his family and with his wife. >> meanwhile there's a new focus on jill kelley the socialite housewife who sparked the gage...
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. >> it certainly did, gary, thank you. well governor mitch daniels of indiana delivered the republican response to president obama's state of the union address. >> no feature of the obama presidency. has been sadder than its constant efforts to divide us, to favor with some americans by castigating others. as in previous moments of national damager, we americans are all in the same boat. if we drift, paralyzed over debt, we will all suffer, regardless of income, race, gender or other categories. >> daniels called the president's policies "pro- poverty." the governor said we should not be a nation of haves and have- nots but rather a nation of haves and soon to haves. to read to his cop pleat remarks go to wusa9.com. >>> the president did make sure to stop and embrace representative gabrielle giffords before tonights address. she will officially resign on wednesday. before the president came in, giffords received a standing ovation from her colleagues. in other news middle schoolers out for blood. police say they've discove
. >> it certainly did, gary, thank you. well governor mitch daniels of indiana delivered the republican response to president obama's state of the union address. >> no feature of the obama presidency. has been sadder than its constant efforts to divide us, to favor with some americans by castigating others. as in previous moments of national damager, we americans are all in the same boat. if we drift, paralyzed over debt, we will all suffer, regardless of income, race, gender or...
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thank you, cardinal. >>> as the nato convention ended president obama flew joplin, missouri, where he congratulated the graduates. >> you've had to grow up quickly over the last year. you've learned at a younger age than most of us that we can't always predict what life has in store. no matter how we might try to avoid it, life surely can bring some heartache. and life involves struggles. and at some point life will bring loss. >>> jan crawford reports that of the democrats are not as enthusiastic, jan, good morning. >> well, good morning, charlie. the president has taken some heat from his own supporters over ads that have been attacking him and his business and his private equity firm bain capital. but i have to tell you, yesterday the president did not back down. >> this is not a distraction. this is what this campaign is going to be about. >> speaking to reporters in chicago, the president all but threw down the gauntlet. >> when you're president as opposed to the private equity firm, then your job is not simply to maximize profits. your job is to figure out how everybody in the c
thank you, cardinal. >>> as the nato convention ended president obama flew joplin, missouri, where he congratulated the graduates. >> you've had to grow up quickly over the last year. you've learned at a younger age than most of us that we can't always predict what life has in store. no matter how we might try to avoid it, life surely can bring some heartache. and life involves struggles. and at some point life will bring loss. >>> jan crawford reports that of the...
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and last april, president obama thanked him for helping promote democracy in the middle east. but the emir also has good relations with hamas, the militant palestinian group that runs gaza, which the u.s. labels a terrorist organization. do the americans ever come to you and say, "hey, will you cut it out with hamas? it's really bothering us?" >> khalifa: they didn't like our relation with iran, with hamas, with hezbollah. but maybe if you go to the other side, the iranian, they don't like to see our relation with israel. hamas, they don't want to see our relation with israel. so it's... it's completely mixed. >> simon: the emir appears to have no ideology and, critics say, no loyalties. when his close personal friend, syrian president assad, refused to stop killing his people, the emir abandoned him. today, he talks tougher than any other world leader on what should be done in syria. would you be in favor of arab nations intervening in syria? >> khalifa: i think for... for such a situation, to stop the killing, we have some... some troops should go to stop the killing. >> sim
and last april, president obama thanked him for helping promote democracy in the middle east. but the emir also has good relations with hamas, the militant palestinian group that runs gaza, which the u.s. labels a terrorist organization. do the americans ever come to you and say, "hey, will you cut it out with hamas? it's really bothering us?" >> khalifa: they didn't like our relation with iran, with hamas, with hezbollah. but maybe if you go to the other side, the iranian, they...
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thanks, jess. >>> today the u.n. security council will try to make progress towards ending the fight against syria. that story coming up. >> plus, more record setting campaign fund raising as president obama snags millions at a stop out west. >> ahead in sports, the redskins make a deal to move next year's training camp out of ashburn. we'll be back. . >>> a touch of fog toward warrenton, culpeper, cambridge and toward cumberland in the mountains. we'll look at the visibilities in a few minutes. your day planner a nice one, at least through lunch time. we'll have temperatures rising through the mid-70s with sunny skies. we'll see a scattering of showers and thunderstorms develop this afternoon. highs could approach the 80- degree mark. more heat in that seven-day. that's coming up at 5. right now monika with time saver traffic. >>> things are looking great on the northbound side of town. no problems at college park as you approach the 95 interchange and heading around the bend to silver spring. lanes are open. we'll
thanks, jess. >>> today the u.n. security council will try to make progress towards ending the fight against syria. that story coming up. >> plus, more record setting campaign fund raising as president obama snags millions at a stop out west. >> ahead in sports, the redskins make a deal to move next year's training camp out of ashburn. we'll be back. . >>> a touch of fog toward warrenton, culpeper, cambridge and toward cumberland in the mountains. we'll look at the...
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. >> thanks, gentlemen. >> jess -- thanks, jess. >> jess will be back to reveal some less pricey things with today's daily deals. >>> president obama tries to hang on to some of the states he won four years ago. not an easy task as you'll see. that story is coming up. i'll go east coast for the philly cheesesteak omelette. no, let's go to the heartland for the midwestern meat & potatoes sandwich. wait umm, yeah. try the seven regionally inspired dishes of the tour of america menu. only at denny's. >>> it is 5:40 on this thursday morning. a very muggy morning out there. once again high humidity levels and patchy dense fog in spots, especially south of town. here's a look at the day planner. the fog won't be around too long. we'll have a sunny day. it's going to be hot, 90 by noon. in fact 90 to 95. i think 94 here in d.c. with an isolated thunderstorm possible in spots this afternoon and this evening. better chance of storms on friday. i'll tell you about that in five minutes. beverly farmer is in. she'll tell but timesaver traffic. >>> northbound interstate 95 virginia side, checking ou
. >> thanks, gentlemen. >> jess -- thanks, jess. >> jess will be back to reveal some less pricey things with today's daily deals. >>> president obama tries to hang on to some of the states he won four years ago. not an easy task as you'll see. that story is coming up. i'll go east coast for the philly cheesesteak omelette. no, let's go to the heartland for the midwestern meat & potatoes sandwich. wait umm, yeah. try the seven regionally inspired dishes of the tour...
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>> bill plante, thank you very much. the nasty nature of the campaign has been a storyline for the past few days. when i interviewed the president and mrs. obama last week, i asked him about the turn in tone the race for the white house seems to be taking. >> many people are looking to the campaign so far and they're saying i see too much negative campaigning and not enough talk about the future. they look at your own ads from your own campaign and then say that rather than talking about the future, there is an effort here to tear down your opponent and make him unacceptable. so there will not be a debate or referendum on the first four years. >> i have to tell you, charlie, if you look at the ads that we do, first of all, we've done a whole slew of positive ads that talk exactly about how we need to change our education system, how we need to change our tax code, how we need to rebuild america. how we need to promote american energy. so those just don't get attention in the news. but we're very much promoting and if you
>> bill plante, thank you very much. the nasty nature of the campaign has been a storyline for the past few days. when i interviewed the president and mrs. obama last week, i asked him about the turn in tone the race for the white house seems to be taking. >> many people are looking to the campaign so far and they're saying i see too much negative campaigning and not enough talk about the future. they look at your own ads from your own campaign and then say that rather than talking...
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crump, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. please give my best to gayle. >> we will. >>> this morning after three days of historic debate at the supreme court, supporters and opponents of president obama's health care law can only sit and wait. >> the justices are expected to announce their decision in june. chief legal correspondent jan crawford was at the high court for the final day of arguments. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. it does appear at the end of this historic three days of arguments that the justices are inclined to strike down the key part of this law, the requirement that all americans buy health insurance. yesterday in that courtroom justice stephen breyer showed just what that could mean as he held up this section and says, this is the section that requires us to buy health insurance. and this is the rest of this massive law. if we strike down this, what are we going to do about the rest of it? >> the argument that's made in the -- >> reporter: the arguments wednesday showed what was at stake.
crump, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. please give my best to gayle. >> we will. >>> this morning after three days of historic debate at the supreme court, supporters and opponents of president obama's health care law can only sit and wait. >> the justices are expected to announce their decision in june. chief legal correspondent jan crawford was at the high court for the final day of arguments. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. it does...
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it's a message which the obama campaign believes it already working. >> bill plante, thank you. >>> the president celebrated the fourth of july with military families watching fireworks on the south lawn of the white house. mitt romney appeared in a fourth of july parade near his vacation home in new hampshire. >> romney spoke with jan crawford in his first interview since the supreme court upheld the health care law. jan, good morning. >> good morning, jeff. good morning, erica. it's family vacation time here in new hampshire for the romneys. but yesterday morning, the governor and mrs. romney sat down with us before they marched in a fourth of july parade. it was a wide ranging interview. we talked about the vice presidential selection process, romney's likability and chief justice john roberts' decision to join with the four liberal justices and uphold the president's health care reform law. romney tried to settle some questions that have been dogging him since that decision came down on whether or not he thinks the penalty people pay if they don't have a insurance is a penalty as so
it's a message which the obama campaign believes it already working. >> bill plante, thank you. >>> the president celebrated the fourth of july with military families watching fireworks on the south lawn of the white house. mitt romney appeared in a fourth of july parade near his vacation home in new hampshire. >> romney spoke with jan crawford in his first interview since the supreme court upheld the health care law. jan, good morning. >> good morning, jeff. good...
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thank you. >>> as the g-20 economic summit wraps up in mexico this afternoon, president obama and other world leaders are set to call for more efforts to improve economic growth and to create new jobs. >> on monday, mr. obama met with russian president vladimir putin to discuss several issues, including the uprising in syria. nora o'donnell is traveling with the president in los cabos, mexico. nora, what do we know about putin and obama? >> reporter: well, good morning. it was their first face-to-face meeting since vladimir putin regained power, and the meeting lasted nearly two hours. as one top adviser to the president said, they started talking about syria and they didn't want to stop talking about syria. but it was so interesting, in their remarks after their meeting, the two men barely looked at each other. you could just feel sort of the tension between them. and the body language really represented how far apart the two leaders remain on the issue of syria. now, they said that they both support some political transition, but it's clear that president obama did not get an agreemen
thank you. >>> as the g-20 economic summit wraps up in mexico this afternoon, president obama and other world leaders are set to call for more efforts to improve economic growth and to create new jobs. >> on monday, mr. obama met with russian president vladimir putin to discuss several issues, including the uprising in syria. nora o'donnell is traveling with the president in los cabos, mexico. nora, what do we know about putin and obama? >> reporter: well, good morning. it...
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she'll speak to the delegate about president obama and the family legacy. welcome. >> thank you. nice to see you. >> clearly part of political wisdom that your support and ted kennedy's support for barack obama helped him get the nomination. we remembered this tribute, you had the tribute on -- what would he say if he was addressing this convention do you think? >> well, i think he would say some of the same things that president clinton said. but he would probably say them louder. [ laughter ] and shorter. >> and shorter. >> but i think he would be tremendously proud of what president obama has accomplished. i think he really saw in him a leader that could take the country into the 21st century. a new kind of leadership. a new generation getting involved. that was so important to him, that young people and people who have been out of the process got involved and giving back to our country. so i think he would be thrilled. he would be thrilled to be here. he loved conventions. he would be so proud of the president and all he's accomplished. >> what do you say? >> well, you know -
she'll speak to the delegate about president obama and the family legacy. welcome. >> thank you. nice to see you. >> clearly part of political wisdom that your support and ted kennedy's support for barack obama helped him get the nomination. we remembered this tribute, you had the tribute on -- what would he say if he was addressing this convention do you think? >> well, i think he would say some of the same things that president clinton said. but he would probably say them...
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. >> thank you, john. good to see you. we expect president obama to make his first comment today on the pentagon scandal. he's holding a news conference in more than eight months. bill plante is at the white house with a preview. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this news conference was supposed to have been a platform for the president to launch his bid for a second term but the soap opera around david petraeus and general john allen will probably be the first question not exactly what he wanted to talk about. but the president does get the first word and in his opening statement he'll call for compromise to fix the nation's long term fiscal problem. but he'll also stick to his budget proposal which calls for $1.6 trillion in new taxes often years which is twice what republicans previously offered. he'll say again he's not willing to continue tax cuts for families making over $250,000 and he'll also be asked about the signal he sent yesterday in a meeting with labor leaders that nothing is off the table, inc
. >> thank you, john. good to see you. we expect president obama to make his first comment today on the pentagon scandal. he's holding a news conference in more than eight months. bill plante is at the white house with a preview. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this news conference was supposed to have been a platform for the president to launch his bid for a second term but the soap opera around david petraeus and general john allen will probably be the first...
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thank you, bill. david axelrod, senior adviser to the obama campaign is with us in studio 57. we're pleased to have him here. welcome. >> thank u good to be here. >> tell us one more time on the private sector. >> oh, that again? >> what did the president mean to say? >> what the president meant to say is that since -- in the last 27 months, we've created 4.3 million private sector jobs. not enough, but far different than the 800,000 a month we were losing. >> why didn't he say we created but it's not enough rather than saying that. >> he called a press conference to suggest urgent actions that we should take to undergird the economy against the clouds rolling in from europe. he says repeatedly we need to do more to accelerate job creation. in the minds of most americans, there's mo confusion about this. this is the kind of thing that we do in campaigns. your community and my community. we get all excited about it. the question is what it means. is there transcendent meaning to it in november? will people make judgments on this? no. they'll judge what the president has done. t
thank you, bill. david axelrod, senior adviser to the obama campaign is with us in studio 57. we're pleased to have him here. welcome. >> thank u good to be here. >> tell us one more time on the private sector. >> oh, that again? >> what did the president mean to say? >> what the president meant to say is that since -- in the last 27 months, we've created 4.3 million private sector jobs. not enough, but far different than the 800,000 a month we were losing....
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. >> thank you. norah? >>> for four days during superstorm sandy, president obama and mitt romney took it easy on each other, but on thursday they were back on the attack. >> this is no time for small measures. this is time for real change. when i'm elected president on day one we'll bring real change to america. >> he's saying he's the candidate of change. well, let me tell you, wisconsin, we know what change looks like. and what the governor's offering sure ain't change. >> former white house press secretary robert gibbs is a senior adviser to the obama campaign and join us this morning. good morning, robert. >> good morning, norah, how are you? >> good, good. we have a jobs report coming up today. the unemployment number could tick up. doesn't that reinforce mitt romney's position that obama's record on the economy has been a failure? >> no, look, i think what we expect to see is continued movement forward. 32nd month of positive, private sector job growth adding to the 5 million jobs that's been created
. >> thank you. norah? >>> for four days during superstorm sandy, president obama and mitt romney took it easy on each other, but on thursday they were back on the attack. >> this is no time for small measures. this is time for real change. when i'm elected president on day one we'll bring real change to america. >> he's saying he's the candidate of change. well, let me tell you, wisconsin, we know what change looks like. and what the governor's offering sure ain't...
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. >> nancy cordes, thank you very much. shortly after the debate i spoke with vice president joe biden and i asked him why this was a different president obama than the one we saw in the last debate. >> the president obama that i've worked with, sat with four to six hours a day until this campaign started is the guy you see tonight, the guy i see every single day. this is the guy that's absolutely committed to bringing the middle class back and you get this country on a road to recovery. so, i mean, i wasn't surprised at all by what i saw tonight. >> but you have to admit he seemed a bit more engaged in this debate than the last one, right? >> well, he was. he was. he had a great debate tonight. and i expect you'll see another great one next monday. >> why do you think president obama and your double digit lead among women voters has evaporated in the latest u.s. today gallup poll. what happened? >> that's not what the guys on our team tell me. i think that -- i think that we still have a clear lead among women for a good r
. >> nancy cordes, thank you very much. shortly after the debate i spoke with vice president joe biden and i asked him why this was a different president obama than the one we saw in the last debate. >> the president obama that i've worked with, sat with four to six hours a day until this campaign started is the guy you see tonight, the guy i see every single day. this is the guy that's absolutely committed to bringing the middle class back and you get this country on a road to...
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money than president obama for the third month in a row. in july, he took in $26 million more, while the president's campaign is spending money as fast as it can raise it. nancy cordes is at the white house. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. the obama campaign says it always expected to be out-raised by an energized republican party eager to take back the white house, but what this means in practical terms is that the president ends up having to spend more time fund-raising, like he did last night, just to try to keep pace. at a $500-a-plate fund-raiser in connecticut last night, president obama rolled out his newest attack line about governor romney's tax plan. >> he'd ask the middle class to pay more in taxes so that he could give another $250,000 tax cut to people making more than $3 million a year. it's like robin hood in reverse. it's romney hood. [ laughter ] >> reporter: from there, the president headed to an even pricier fund-raiser at the connecticut home of movie mogul harvey weinstein, where entertainment l
money than president obama for the third month in a row. in july, he took in $26 million more, while the president's campaign is spending money as fast as it can raise it. nancy cordes is at the white house. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. the obama campaign says it always expected to be out-raised by an energized republican party eager to take back the white house, but what this means in practical terms is that the president ends up having to spend more time...
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byron pitts, thank you so much. >>> chicago mayor rahm emanuel who used to be president obama's chief of staff, told delegates about the challenges they face. >> there was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession all at the same time. >> mayor emanuel joins us this morning. >> nice to see both of you. >> tell me what you think the democrats have to do, have to do and the message coming out of this convention to win this election? >> you have to talk about the future. and you have to make it a clear choice between the two candidates' vision. >> is that what bill clinton will do tonight sm. >> all of us are setting it up in each way. michelle obama in one way and president clinton. setting out the vision for the future and their vision, their values and how that counts for their own children. >> why does president obama need bill clinton to vouch for him? >> it's not so much vouch. i wouldn't put that in that context. i actually think he's going -- my view is probably talk about the similar values, similar polic
byron pitts, thank you so much. >>> chicago mayor rahm emanuel who used to be president obama's chief of staff, told delegates about the challenges they face. >> there was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession all at the same time. >> mayor emanuel joins us this morning. >> nice to see both of you. >> tell me what you think the democrats have to do, have to do and the message coming...
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thank you. >> on "cbs this morning." thank you. >> on "cbs this morning." >> getting closer. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to cbs it morning. president obama is red oi to draw a line extending the bush era tax cuts. that line would cut off people to earn more than $250,000 a year. >> the president will make a formal announcement today. as bill clinton reports, he's sending a political and economic message. bill, good morning. >> this is about sending a message. and also about getting the campaign moving again. the president today, as you said, will ask congress to extend the tax cuts for people making less than $250,000 a year. as opposed to mitt romney and the republicans who want to extend all of the bush tax cuts. the white house started to lay the framework for its tax cut argument on sunday. they're saying that president obama wants to help the middle class, while mitt romney and republican party are just out for the rich. >> the one thing he flushed out is to take the bush tax cuts which disproportionately add millionaires -- the primary is to give tax breaks to
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. >> bryan walsh, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >>> both sides in the race for the white house are putting a new twist on their messages, which they're taking to the swing states. >> president obama was in ohio monday, mitt romney is in pennsylvania today, and bill plante is at the white house. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nora. well, the problem is trying to put the brakes on the obama campaign's so far successful effort to keep the focus on romney's wealth rather than on the nation's economy, but the white house is not easing up and is even trying out a new line of attack. campaigning in cincinnati monday, the president stopped for a local speciality, a chili dog. >> you know, i'm going to take the mustard, but not the onions. >> no onions? >> just because i've got to meet people. >> reporter: and he put a new spin on an old argument, that romney sends jobs overseas. he's been accusing his opponent of being responsibility for bain capital's deals in which workers were fired and jobs outsourced, even though much of that happened after romney had left to lead
. >> bryan walsh, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >>> both sides in the race for the white house are putting a new twist on their messages, which they're taking to the swing states. >> president obama was in ohio monday, mitt romney is in pennsylvania today, and bill plante is at the white house. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nora. well, the problem is trying to put the brakes on the obama campaign's so far successful effort to keep the...
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thanks, nancy. now to the new jobs report. the economy added just 96,000 jobs in august. that's down from 141,000 in july. the unemployment rate dropped 2 points to 8.1%. but that's because more people gave up looking for work. joining us is the senior editor for barons and cbs news political director, john dickerson. great to have you with us. >>ultimately, the numbers are political. i want to start with you, michael, on what they really say about the jobs picture in this kun trip. >> remains sluggish. been the same story for a while. the private sector continues to add jobs. but at a rate that can't cut into this pool of vital workers. that's why it's stubbornly high. the economy is in slow growth mode. this is not a jobs market that says anything different than an economy growing at somewhere less than 2%. it's not as if there's one big thing keeping people from hiring except a slow global economy. >> michael, one of the alarming things in the report is the continuing decline of the participation rate down to 63.5%. we haven't seen that for 31 years. incompetent think
thanks, nancy. now to the new jobs report. the economy added just 96,000 jobs in august. that's down from 141,000 in july. the unemployment rate dropped 2 points to 8.1%. but that's because more people gave up looking for work. joining us is the senior editor for barons and cbs news political director, john dickerson. great to have you with us. >>ultimately, the numbers are political. i want to start with you, michael, on what they really say about the jobs picture in this kun trip....
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are motivated to try to beat him in november. >> jan crawford, thank you. >>> time now to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. "the wall street journal" reports minority births are now a majority in the united states for the first time ever. the census bureau says from july of 2010 to july of 2011 nonhispanic white babies accounted for under 50% of all newborns. >>> vermont is the first state in the nation to ban fracing, the method to extract natural gas from underground rock. vermont has no natural gas but fracing opponents say it may inspire similar bans in other states. >>> brit tal telegraph reports on a new study, everyone over 50 should be taking statins. they say they reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in healthy people by 20%. >>> "usa today" says if you want a healthy meal, skip chain restaurants. 90% of their entrees exceed daily limits for calories and fat. >>> the santa barbara independent reports on a dramatic horse rescue. a boat was used to grab a white arabian horse that got spooked during a photo shoot. the horse swam two miles into
are motivated to try to beat him in november. >> jan crawford, thank you. >>> time now to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. "the wall street journal" reports minority births are now a majority in the united states for the first time ever. the census bureau says from july of 2010 to july of 2011 nonhispanic white babies accounted for under 50% of all newborns. >>> vermont is the first state in the nation to ban fracing, the method...
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it's been a good month for president obama's re-election campaign. the president pulled in more than $29 million last month. that was before this month's announcement that mr. obama will accept money from the so-called super pacs, small groups with big money. his campaign said nearly all of last month's donations were less than $250. >>> we are learning more about what set off the shooting between federal immigration agents in southern california this week. ezekiel garcia was called in for a discussion with his boss either about job performance or a request for transfer. garcia was also having marital problems. the exchange grew heated and garcia shot the supervisor. then a third agent shot and killed garcia. the supervisor is hospitalized in stable condition. >>> scientists may have an important new tool in detecting early signs of autism in children. a new study by the organization autism speaks shows that brain scans of infants as young as six months detect changes in the developing brains that indicate eventual onset of autism. this is important
it's been a good month for president obama's re-election campaign. the president pulled in more than $29 million last month. that was before this month's announcement that mr. obama will accept money from the so-called super pacs, small groups with big money. his campaign said nearly all of last month's donations were less than $250. >>> we are learning more about what set off the shooting between federal immigration agents in southern california this week. ezekiel garcia was called in...